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2018

Researched the applicability of crowd sourced bathymetry to ports and harbours in the UK for the Department for Transport.
James Cook University start using TeamSurv to map the Great Barrier Reef using crowd sourced bathymetry.

2017

Completed development of the low cost NMEA Wi-Fi Gateway, and ongoing development of a TeamSurv app to display and collect data. Added OpenSeaMap to our sources of track data.
Both the BASE Platform and Seafront projects came to satisfactory conclusions.

2016

Start of BASE Platform project, combining crowd sourced with satellite derived bathymetry, and concentrating on trial areas in the Channel Islands, Waddensee, Balearics and Mauritius.
A-Sens project with ExactEarth and the European Space Agency, trialing sending our data out over AIS and picking it up by satellite.
Team expands with Giacomo Rutilio as our GIS expert, Nicholas Mulvey working on electronics and embedded systems, Tarisai Gundu as our app developer, Duncan Kent on Media Relations, and Shannon McGinley replaced Sarah working on Fleet Manager and Social Media.

2015

Carried out a feasibility study for the European Space Agency (assisted by Telespazio VEGA UK) on combining ESA's marine space data with open source and crowd sourced data.
Tim Thornton invited to join the IHO's newly formed Crowd Sourced Bathymetry Working Group.Seafront vessels and test platforms are now feeding into the TeamSurv system, and vessel tracks are being combined with Earth Observation data to provide water quality information
Joined by Sarah Monger (now Cox) as Vessel Engagement Manager

2013

2010

Start of the 2 year GSA/EU supported CoSUDEC project that led to TeamSurv. Developed the core concepts and an initial working system, and carried out trials in the Solent, NW Brittany and Lithuania to show that quality data could be produced by crowd sourcing. Tim Thornton and Monika Gotsova decide to develop the concept further.